An “impatient” motorcyclist from Alvaston lost control of his bike when he tried to move up a queue of traffic on one of Derby’s busiest roads.

Derby Crown Court heard how Daniel Parker badly injured himself and his pillion passenger after colliding with a parked car on the other side of the street.

It all happened shortly after he pulled a wheelie.

The 32-year-old, of Mondello Drive, then tried to flee from the scene but was stopped nearby by the police.

'If I thought you were showing off the sentence would be different'

But a judge accepted that he was “not showing off” when he pulled the wheelie in London Road.

Judge Shaun Smith QC said: “You rather impatiently, because you were sat in traffic, decided to manoeuvre your vehicle and ended up pulling a wheelie and colliding with a car on the other side of the road.